A New Perennial Garden 



with the Pear-trees, which, under this 

 steady cultivation, yield more of their fine 

 old-fashioned fruit than we know what to 

 do with, for pears are a drug in this mar- 

 ket and can hardly be given away. The 

 Pear-trees certainly do not hinder the 

 growth of the sturdy perennials, which 

 multiply enormously, so that every spring 

 and fall there are quantities of them to be 

 shared with friends. A nurseryman, who 

 came last year to set some Strawberry- 

 plants, declared that, if properly divided, 

 there were roots enough there to stock an 

 acre. 



Such strong, showy plants as the Iris, They thrive. 

 the Foxglove, and the Giant Evening 

 Primrose flourish admirably, while Phlox 

 and Hollyhocks and Columbines and Spi- 

 raeas encumber the ground. 



There is a huge Oriental Poppy that is 

 a gorgeous spectacle, with its rich blue- 

 green velvet robes and its silken headgear 

 of scarlet and black, producing all alone 

 the effect of a procession, as Bret Harte 

 once said of Roscoe Conkling. 



Smaller Poppies come up of their own 

 accord, some single, some double, as the 

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